ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR POSITION DETERMINATION USING UWB SIGNAL

    公开(公告)号:US20210076350A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-11

    申请号:US16932976

    申请日:2020-07-20

    Abstract: Provided is an electronic device that may include: an ultra wide band (UWB) communication module; a plurality of antennas; and a processor operatively connected to the UWB communication module. The UWB communication module may be configured to: receive first data of an UWB data frame from an external electronic device by using a first antenna set including at least two antennas among the plurality of antennas to measure a first angle of arrival (AOA); receive second data of the UWB data frame by using a second antenna set including at least two antennas among the plurality of antennas to measure a second AOA, where the second antenna set is configured during a section of the UWB data frame that does not include data; and measure the direction of the external electronic device by using the first AOA and the second AOA. It is possible to provide various other embodiments.

    ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING DATA THROUGH UWB COMMUNICATION, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE OPERATING METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20230400568A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-14

    申请号:US18456204

    申请日:2023-08-25

    CPC classification number: G01S13/765 G01S13/878

    Abstract: An electronic device may include: a first communication circuit for transmitting or receiving data through first communication by using an ultra wide band (UWB); a second communication circuit for transmitting or receiving data through second communication, which differs from the first communication; and a processor, wherein the processor may be configured to: receive, from a first external electronic device and a second external electronic device, through the second communication circuit, an advertising message for requesting position measurement of the electronic device; activate the first communication circuit in response to the advertising message satisfying a designated condition; receive, from the first external electronic device, a first polling message for the position measurement of the electronic device; check whether to receive, from the second external electronic device, a second polling message for the position measurement of the electronic device for a time designated from the reception time of the first polling message; and broadcast, in response to the reception of the second polling message, a first response message including information for measurement of the distance between the electronic device and the first external electronic device and information for measurement of the distance between the electronic device and the second external electronic device. Various other embodiments are possible.

    ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR DETERMINING LOCATION OF EXTERNAL ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND OPERATION METHOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20230384438A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-30

    申请号:US18450120

    申请日:2023-08-15

    CPC classification number: G01S13/103 G01S13/0209 G01S7/4021

    Abstract: An electronic device and/or an operation method of an electronic device may be provided. The electronic device may include: a communication circuit for transmitting or receiving data through communication using an ultra-wideband (UWB); and a processor, wherein the processor may be configured to: check a parameter for measuring a location of an external electronic device while establishing the communication for measuring the location of the external electronic device; operate in a first location determination mode for determining, on the basis of the parameter, a location of the external electronic device on the basis of first signals exchanged between the external electronic device and the electronic device; in response to determining the location of the external electronic device, switch to a second location determination mode for determining a location of the external electronic device on the basis of a second signal transmitted by the external electronic device; and in response to satisfying a specified condition related to the location of the external electronic device, switch from the second location determination mode to the first location determination mode.

    ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR LOCALIZATION AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20230164736A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-25

    申请号:US17971910

    申请日:2022-10-24

    CPC classification number: H04W64/003 H04L5/0048

    Abstract: An electronic device including a communication circuit and at least one processor is disclosed. The at least one processor is configured to receive at least one downlink frame to be used for localization of the electronic device in a downlink time period from at least one anchor node through the communication circuit, transmit an uplink frame including anchor information indicating the at least one anchor node and device identification information about the electronic device in an uplink time period through the communication circuit, and receive location information indicating a location of the electronic device calculated based on the uplink frame from the at least one anchor node through the communication circuit.

    ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING RANGING OPERATION

    公开(公告)号:US20220386214A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-01

    申请号:US17828657

    申请日:2022-05-31

    Abstract: According to various embodiments, an electronic device may include a communication circuit; and at least one processor operatively connected to the communication circuit, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: receive, via the communication circuit from at least one external electronic device in a first active ranging round within a first ranging block, a ranging response message (RRM) including a first round index of a first ranging round in which the at least one external electronic device performs a first ranging operation as an initiator in a neighbor cell, and a number of hops between a reference cell in which a reference external electronic device exists and the neighbor cell, and select a second active ranging round in which the electronic device performs a second ranging operation in a second ranging block based on at least the RRM.

    METHOD FOR CALCULATING LOCATION AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREFOR

    公开(公告)号:US20220174626A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-02

    申请号:US17673719

    申请日:2022-02-16

    Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure comprises: at least one wireless communication module; and a processor, wherein the processor can control the wireless communication module to respectively receive a plurality of pieces of data from a plurality of external electronic devices, identify a time when each of the plurality of pieces of data has been received, and, when location information regarding the plurality of external electronic devices is included in the plurality of pieces of data, calculate the location of the electronic device by using a time difference in reception of the plurality of pieces of data and the location information regarding the plurality of external electronic devices. Various other embodiments are also possible.

    ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PERFORMING AUTHENTICATION BY USING ACCESSORY, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE OPERATING METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20210195415A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-24

    申请号:US17267830

    申请日:2019-05-17

    Abstract: An electronic device and an electronic device operating method according to various embodiments comprises: a first communication module for communicating with an external electronic device by using a first communication scheme; an accessory which communicates with the external electronic device by using a second communication scheme and which is operationally connected to the electronic device; a second communication module for transmitting/receiving data to/from the accessory by using a third communication scheme; a security module for storing data to be used for authentication with the external electronic device; and a processor operationally connected to the first communication module, the second communication module, and the security module, wherein the processor can be configured to control the second communication module such that the second communication module activates the accessory in response to the reception, through the first communication scheme, of a discovery signal broadcasted by the external electronic device, control the second communication module such that the second communication module transmits, to the accessory through the third communication scheme, the data to be used for authentication with the external electronic device, and control the accessory such that the accessory transmits, to the external electronic device through the second communication scheme, the data to be used for authentication with the external electronic device. Other various embodiments are possible.

    ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING UWB SIGNAL, AND OPERATING METHOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20250015515A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-09

    申请号:US18891596

    申请日:2024-09-20

    Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments comprises: a first antenna; a second antenna; a third antenna; a communication module comprising communication circuitry connected to the antennas and including a first receive port (RX) and a second RX; and at least one processor, comprising processing circuitry, wherein the communication module is configured to analyze a pattern of signals, based on signals received from the first RX and the second RX, and transmit information related to the analyzed pattern of signals to at least one processor, and at least one processor, individually and/or collectively, may be configured to perform a designated operation based on the information related to the pattern of signals from the communication module.

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